Japantown, Fillmore & Pacific Heights
Get cheeky with BeneTint (liquid blush made from crushed roses) or raise eyebrows with Big Sexy Eye Kit – two of Benefit's signature products, invented in…
Must-see shopping in San Francisco
The Haight & Hayes Valley
Stuffed deer exchange glassy stares with skeletons over rusty dental tools: the signs are ominous, and for sale. Head upstairs for Goth gifts, including…
The Marina, Fisherman’s Wharf & the Piers
For the prankster in your life, Houdini's stocks all the classic gags – rubber chickens, exploding caps, marked cards, escapable handcuffs – plus…
Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa
Ignorance of the fog is no excuse in San Francisco – but should you confuse SF for LA (the horror!) and neglect to pack the obligatory sweater, Margaret O…
Japantown, Fillmore & Pacific Heights
It's a wonder you got this far in life without penguin soy-sauce dispensers, Pikachu socks, extra-spiky hair wax and the ultimate in gay gag gifts, the…
Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa
Wabi-sabi is the fine appreciation for imperfect, organic forms and materials, and the stock in trade of Gallery Japonesque. Owner Koichi Hara arranges…
Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa
The perfect stop before a long flight, Fog City stocks a vast variety of domestic magazines and newspapers, plus 700 international titles from 25…
North Beach & Chinatown
Detour from reality at Eden & Eden, a Dadaist design boutique where espresso cups give you side-eye, lightning strikes on dresses, shaggy tea cozies make…
The Haight & Hayes Valley
Big air and big style are the tip at this SF skateboard outfitter, featuring Western Edition decks designed by local guest artists. Show insider flair as…
San Francisco
Blow minds with souvenirs that get visitors mistaken for locals. Go from downtown protests in tees featuring the Golden Gate Bridge and the city's…
Japantown, Fillmore & Pacific Heights
Fragrant Japanese incense for every purpose, from long-burning sandalwood for Zen meditation to cinnamon-tinged Gentle Smile to atone for laundry left too…
The Marina, Fisherman’s Wharf & the Piers
A tiny shop for girly girls with big clothing allowances, Dress draws from leading contemporary designers, such as Diane von Furstenberg and rag & bone,…
The Marina, Fisherman’s Wharf & the Piers
Nothing screams San Francisco quite as much as a new leather outfit – it's what Hillary Clinton wore in SF the first time she spoke publicly after losing…
San Francisco Railway Museum Gift Shop
Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa
The next best thing to taking an SF cable car home with you is getting a toy streetcar from this tiny, free Municipal Railway museum showcasing SF public…
The Mission, Dogpatch & Potrero Hill
Do you have a spiritual need involving herbal remedies, organic supplements, essential oils or magic crystals? This store can manifest such things. They…
North Beach & Chinatown
See the world from the comfort of your living room with a wall of Real Old Paper finds: vintage travel posters, Dutch Star Wars promotions, Pacific WWII…
The Haight & Hayes Valley
Whether you just broke a guitar string jamming on Haight St or left a Fillmore show determined to learn ukelele, this legendary music shop will rock your…
San Francisco
When date nights and last-minute party invites catch you unprepared, head here to score casually fabulous Californian looks for women. For bargains, start…
The Haight & Hayes Valley
When Victorian attics overflow, San Francisco eccentrics sell their excess art-glass vases, pewter peace-sign necklaces and California-bear bookends at…
Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa
The West Coast outpost of the high-end New York fashion landmark has similar signatures, including inspired window displays and up-to-70%-off sales. But…
The Marina, Fisherman’s Wharf & the Piers
Here's an unusual gift: bring back the bay to those who couldn't join you. SF Salt mines salt from San Francisco Bay to make bath salts, adding only…
North Beach & Chinatown
You'll have to bend over those earthquake-defying bins to let DJs and hard-core collectors pass (hey, wasn't that Tom Waits?!), but among the $5–25 discs…
The Marina, Fisherman’s Wharf & the Piers
The first boutique outside Japan of Japanese brand Itoya showcases ingenious gadgets for travel you never knew you needed, including reversible house…
North Beach & Chinatown
Be the star of Crissy Field and wow any kids in your life with a fierce 9ft-long flying dragon, a pirate-worthy wild parrot (SF's city bird), surreal…
North Beach & Chinatown
Costuming is a competitive sport in SF, and Rosalie's will help you find a head-to-toe ensemble that will have the whole city gagging on your glamour…
Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa
The flagship store in Levi Strauss' hometown sells classic jeans that fit without fail, plus limited-edition Japanese selvage pairs and remakes of Levi's…
Japantown, Fillmore & Pacific Heights
An installation artwork that doubles as a store, where bird baths overflow with hand-dyed shawls and ladders are laden with cocktail cookbooks and dessert…
Japantown, Fillmore & Pacific Heights
The actual pool hall's across the street - here the green felt table is piled with an array of belts, PF Flyers high tops and retro bandannas, as though a…
The Mission, Dogpatch & Potrero Hill
A pot dispensary with a great reputation for customer service and a wide range of products, from flowers to edibles, vapes to tropical rubs. The trippy…
The Marina, Fisherman’s Wharf & the Piers
When Marina girls need an outfit that won't break the bank, they shop Y & I for their cute dresses, priced at $50 to $200, by brands including Everly and…
Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa
Ever since Japanese retailer Uniqlo landed on the West Coast here, SF has been rocking pop-art tees, cashmere in rainbow colors and down jackets that…
The Marina, Fisherman’s Wharf & the Piers
Founded in San Francisco by twin sisters, Benefit offers memorably named makeup – Brow Zings, Ooh La Lift – that draws a cult following. They also offer…
The Mission, Dogpatch & Potrero Hill
Wild West modern is the look at Aggregate Supply, purveyors of California-cool fashion and home decor. Local designers and indie makers get pride of place…
Japantown, Fillmore & Pacific Heights
Smart shoes in every sense of the word. Designed by women, for women right across the Bay in Sausalito. Each sleek yet comfortable, distinctive yet…
The Marina, Fisherman’s Wharf & the Piers
Jack's dresses Marina dudes in vintage, screen-printed T-shirts, emblazoned with the logos of Bay Area sports teams, present and past, from the A's to the…
The Marina, Fisherman’s Wharf & the Piers
One of the city's best remaining independent bookstores, Books Inc carries new-release hardcovers, good fiction, extensive magazines and travel books…
Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa
In addition to its famous olive oils, this locally based marketplace inside the Ferry Building sells organic treats and all-natural body products.
San Francisco
Find local and organic produce and artisan foods at moderate prices, plus charmingly offbeat folk music March through December.
San Francisco Archery Pro Shop
San Francisco
Rents and sells bows, arrows and other accessories just a few blocks from the Golden Gate archery range.
Westfield San Francisco Centre
Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa
Wait, is this suburbia? Sure looks it inside this nine-level chain-store city, with Bloomingdale's, Nordstrom and dozens more retailers, plus a cinema…
